See recklessness in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "2009 March 29, John F. Burns, “Anglo-American Capitalism on Trial”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2021:",
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"sense": "being reckless",
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"sense": "being reckless",
"word": "鲁莽"
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"word": "Leichtsinnigkeit"
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"sense": "being reckless",
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"word": "Fahrlässigkeit"
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"sense": "being reckless",
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"word": "רַשְׁלָנוּת"
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"sense": "being reckless",
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"sense": "being reckless",
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"word": "descuido"
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"code": "th",
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"sense": "being reckless",
"word": "ความบ้าระห่ำ"
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